School News

February 20, 2004 Dr. Margaret Dardess has been appointed interim dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health by Dr. Robert Shelton, the University’s executive vice chancellor and provost. Her appointment becomes effective March 15, 2004. Dardess joined the School of Public Health in January 2002 as associate dean… Read more »

February 13, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — Child health experts widely agree that children should receive a wide range of preventive services to ensure normal development, but the statistics on a variety of health screenings are somewhat discouraging.Statistics show only about 75 percent of 2-year-olds nationwide are fully immunized, and fewer than half of parents receive… Read more »

February 12, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — The environment where we live, work and play profoundly influences our health. That intersection between health and the “built environment” will be the focus of the 26th Annual Minority Health Conference sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.Titled “Health and the Built… Read more »

February 10, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — One of the largest surveys ever done among North Carolina school children shows that those who sometimes smoke or are exposed to tobacco smoke at home or elsewhere suffer more asthma than their classmates.The massive University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill survey showed that childhood smoking and exposure… Read more »

February 09, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — U.S. health officials are pushing for renewed attention to the HIV-AIDS epidemic amid a resurgence of cases. In response, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will launch “Narratives of HIV: Hearing Their Stories,” a series of awareness and educational events to provide greater understanding about the impact… Read more »

February 06, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-led research team has found that preschoolers enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) show positive nutritional behaviors and intakes beyond the program’s goals.The new study is published in this month’s issue of the Journal of… Read more »

February 03, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — Hopes that high doses of certain vitamins could help prevent a second stroke in people who already suffered one took a hit today as scientists released findings from a major multicenter study of that possibility.Their investigation showed no significant differences over two years between a group of 1,827 stroke… Read more »

February 03, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — N.C. Prevention Partners, a program allied with the N.C. Institute for Public Health, received a grant last fall from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston-Salem, and has recently added two prevention programs to underserved areas statewide as a result of the funding.The N.C. Institute for Public Health… Read more »

January 28, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — The public health community’s response to an especially perilous flu season is the subject of “Influenza and Beyond: Responding to Vaccine-Preventable Diseases,” a one-hour webcast and satellite broadcast Friday (Jan. 30) from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Broadcast viewers participating at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill… Read more »

January 23, 2004 CHAPEL HILL — Improving care for people suffering from the degenerative condition known as Alzheimer’s disease is the goal of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member and colleagues who have received two grants totaling more than $600,000 from the Alzheimer’s Association and GlaxoSmithKline.The researchers plan to determine what… Read more »